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The universities of the United Arab Emirates have demonstrated significant success by entering the world's top 200 universities according to the reputation rating conducted by Times Higher Education. Three educational institutions of the UAE - Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Zayed - have been included in the list of two hundred best world universities for the first time in recent years. Abu Dhabi University and Al Ain University took positions in the range 101-125, and Zayed University in the range 151-175. An analysis conducted by the Times Higher Education showed that the reputation of these universities has improved nine times since 2021. This result indicates significant progress in education and science in the UAE and recognition in academic circles. The World University Ranking compiled by Times Higher Education is based on surveys involving scientists from all over the world. They express their opinion on the reputation of universities in the fields of scientific research and educational activities. The information received from 38,796 respondents from 166 countries becomes the basis for the formation of the rating.

Dubai Islands Beach, the first beach in Dubai where dogs are allowed to swim, offers pet owners and their furry friends a new park with animal facilities. There is a 460 m2 park equipped with ramps, an obstacle course, special exercise equipment, as well as bins, dispensers for dog waste, an animal shower and a drinking fountain. The opening of the Dubai Islands Beach park aims to strengthen the reputation of this place as an ideal place for dog owners where they can spend time in the company of their four-legged friends. The Dubai Islands Beach Dog Park is open every day from 8:00 to 18:00. The beach can be reached by car or by water transport via Nakheel Marina Dubai Islands.

Turkish scientists have received an award for global innovation at the World Government Summit in Dubai.Their project to develop robot bees for the healthy reproduction of bees that are endangered worldwide has been selected as one of the two best global innovation projects. In total, 13 global projects were presented to the jury. Erol Shahin, Professor of the Department of Computer Engineering, spoke about his project called "Roboroyal", supported under the EU Horizon program. Stressing that if bees disappear, the entire ecosystem will be at risk of collapse, Shahin said: "As part of the project, we have developed an artificial intelligence system that can conduct round-the-clock monitoring inside the hive and monitor the health of bees in the hive. We have also developed the first prototype of a micro-robot bee, which simulates worker bees and can help the queen bee by feeding it from the outside. In addition, we are working to ensure that in the future our robots can clean, feed and maintain the hive. With this system, we aim to protect the health of the entire hive and improve its productivity."

1st place - Ibrahim Erdemoğlu - $5.3 billion - founder of Merinos Halı, owner of 51% of shares of SASA Polyester company.2nd place - Murat Ulker (Murat Ülker) - $5 billion.- Chairman of the Management Board of Yıldız Holding, the largest food company in central and eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.3rd place - Ali Erdemoglu - $4.7 billion - Managing Director of SASA Polyester, together with his brother Ibrahim Erdemoglu owns more than 75% of the company.

By decree of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the amount of holiday payments to pensioners has been doubled and now amounts to 3,000 liras (about $ 100). Thus, two pensioners will receive payments totaling 6,000 liras: the first will be paid by April 9 and the second by June 15 of this year.

Shenol Vaivalako, a jeweler from Antalya, has created four rosaries in 2.5 years, each of which is estimated at more than 200,000 dollars! In their production, he used gold, silver, emeralds, rubies, sapphires, Ottoman amber and diamonds. It is noteworthy that Shenol works in a small workshop with an area of only 9 m2. Vaivalako said that he wants to exhibit his rosary beads in the museum, and present one of them to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Emphasizing that each of the rosaries he created has its own story, Vaivalako says: "I depicted Hector and Achilles during the Trojan War, the helmet of the prophet Solomon, the owl he was talking to, and his army. This is a very difficult art! I think the cost of four rosaries is approaching a million dollars!"

In January, a total of 80,308 properties were sold in Turkey, an increase of 17.8% compared to January 2023. The top three looks like this:Istanbul - 13,423 objects (16.7%)Ankara - 6,709 objects (8.4%)Antalya - 5,250 objects (6.5%) With the help of mortgages, 5,915 properties were sold, which is 7.4% of the total number of sales. Home sales to foreigners in January decreased by 50.5% to 2,061 properties, and the share of sales to foreigners in total sales amounted to 2.6%. Antalya took the first place in housing sales to foreigners - 710 objects. Citizens of the Russian Federation bought the most real estate in January - 555 units.

The government is working on changes to the Labor Code, planning to reduce the number of hours of the working week from 45 to 40 hours. The amendment will also specify: the amount of wages, annual and weekly vacations, work schedules, etc. The difference in overtime pay coefficients will also be eliminated. At the same time, the opposition submitted to the Turkish Grand National Assembly a bill to reduce the weekly working day to 37.5 hours.

A new competitor of Turkcell, Vodafone and Turk Telekom, Netgsm has started work as the fourth telecom operator in Turkey. Subscribers of this network will have the number block "0510 22X XXXX". Adem Okal, chairman of the Board of Directors of Netgsm, said: "Today we serve more than 198,000 subscribers. By the end of 2024, we plan to attract 3 million subscribers by transferring numbers." The company has every chance to reach the desired number of subscribers, as the tariffs it offers are very attractive: 29 liras per month - 1GB of Internet, 100 minutes + 50 sms39 liras per month - 1GB of Internet, 250 minutes + 100 sms49 liras per month - 1GB of Internet, 500 minutes + 100 sms

Abdul Wahab Olgun, president of the Izmir Torbala Chamber of Commerce, said that the monthly salary of workers has reached 70 thousand lira ($2,280), but even this fact does not solve the problem of a shortage of workers on construction sites. "The daily salary of plasterers and painters reaches 2 thousand lira and, together with overtime hours, reaches 70 thousand per month. Thus, the salaries of these workers are higher than the salaries of white-collar workers. At the same time, even with such good pay, there is a shortage of craftsmen and support staff, especially in areas requiring special knowledge. The shortage of staff, in turn, makes it difficult to complete projects on time and control costs, which negatively affects the construction business as a whole," Torbaly said.

According to a study conducted on the Istanbul real estate rental market, the most expensive area of Istanbul turned out to be Saryer, where the rent was 40 thousand liras per month ($1300), and the cheapest - Arnavutkey, Esenyurt and Silivri - 12 thousand liras per month ($390). The calculation was based on a 2+1 apartment with an area of 100 m2. Saryer - 40,000 lirasBesiktas - 34,000 lirasBeyoglu - 31.000 lirasShishli - 26,000 lireAdalar (islands) - 25,000 liras

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has announced the results of a life satisfaction survey. According to TurkStat, the number of people who define themselves as "happy" increased by 3% compared to last year and amounted to 52.7%. The proportion of people who said they were unhappy decreased by 2.2 points from 15.9% in 2022 to 13.7% in 2023. 33.6% of citizens could not classify themselves as either happy or unhappy. At the same time, women feel happier than men (55.1% versus 50.3%, respectively).It is also noted that people who are married (56.4%) are happier than single people (45.8%). Among people who are married, women are also more satisfied with their lives (59.5% of married women versus 53.2% of married men) Citizens call family, love and health the most important in life, and the most important life problems are the cost of living - 33.8%, education - 16.5% and poverty - 13.4%.